Alfred's Group Piano for Adults: Book 1

My brother needed the book for school, it was a tight squeeze to get the textbook so quick and I was nervous the book would come damaged-it came brand new basically. Loved it! Shipping was fast, book felt brand-new, and my brother loved it! Thanks!

Since it is a required text(in the college piano classes),and because of that way overpriced, I think at the very least publishers could have chosen a better quality covers - they are thin and perforated edges(where rings are inserted) start ripping apart after a about a month of daily usage. I had to make my own covers from thick carboard and glue original ones on top. As far as book content goes, I think it is pretty good - nicely layed out topics, beautiful pieces to play. The only flaw would be(as our teacher pointed out), that it doesn't include many pieces for the very beginning - she had to give her own handouts for those. CD could be better - you get idea for the notes played, but pieces are played very dry - no musicality at all. And with some other instruments in the background which are disturbing to hear the piano part.Update: I went to Kinkos and had custom covers made out of thick plastic sheets(they just had black color)- it cost just 10 dollars for two books - I should have had them made right away, this way real covers would have been nice and safe inside.

This textbook is huge as well, however this textbook was required by my music professor and I'm glad that I got book cheaper than the bookstore at my campus. I like the binding of the platic comb. It seems like this book can last me a life time, if I take good care of it. Nice book with assignments, theory, techniques, and more. The book is true to its colors.

Glad I purchased this book instead of renting. We do a lot of the worksheets inside and it is so much easier to write in the book itself. Also its the same book I need for my Piano 2 class next semester so its a win win situation one book for two classes lol

Clean crisp copy I am very pleased with still get a tutor to use in adjunct with the text

I need it this book for college!!!! 100% recommended!!!

Awesome lay out of lessons and activities mixed with the songs to slowly build up the difficulty of music you’re playing. The paper is good quality for writing notes and erasing them later while still keeping the sheet music clean. I had some experience with piano playing before using this book, but I would recommend it for any teen/adult who wants to start playing.

Was exactly what was stated and arrived in estimated time. Thank you.

Great book for my young son learning to play the piano for the first time. Very thick and comes with an included CD stuck to the last page of the book. The only reason for the 4 stars rather than 5 is due to the book arriving with the bottem right corner of the book curled backwards, but I could see no damage to the Amazon packaging - strange!

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It took a bit longer than expected to arrive but it is a wonderful resource for those just leaning to play the piano. It is actually a textbook for my university course and it is surprisingly simple and easy to understand.